Hugo Honda
Engineering Manager, Machine Learning (Core Team) at Toptal
Federal District, Brazil
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Top SchoolHugo Honda is an engineering manager and hands-on machine learning leader with 11 years building end-to-end AI products and data platforms across startups and enterprise teams in Brazil. He has led ML and data science organizations through acquisitions and scale-ups, architecting model-serving APIs, vision+LLM integrations, fraud detection pipelines, and company-wide data strategies. Comfortable from C++ neurotech prototypes to PyTorch production models, he combines full-stack engineering with product-minded ML systemization and cost-effective model operations. Recent work includes agentic vision systems and document extraction at Landing AI and trust-and-safety ML at Upwork, plus founding CTO experience that helped drive an exit to Neoway. Based in Brasília, he pairs deep technical execution with cross-functional leadership and a continuous-learning mindset, currently managing Toptal’s core ML team while pursuing a master’s in AI.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Informatik Studienaustausch DAAD – Bachelor of Science Study Program Computer Science, Informatik Studienaustausch DAAD – Bachelor of Science Study Program Computer Science at Leipzig UniversityMaster's degree Artificial Intelligence, Master's degree Artificial Intelligence at Universidade de Brasília
Portuguese, German, English
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Github Skills (22)
dojo8
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jekyll7
python-requests6
beautifulsoup6
python6
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multithreading6
enviroment6
dataframe6
pandas6
testing6
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
HackersAtivistas/Promessa-e-Divida
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
Contributions:42 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 13 days
lab-neuro-comp/StroopTest
Mar 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:120 commits, 85 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
testingpython
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